Inside Gemini

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Meteosat 9

 2005-049B

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MSG FM2 was launched in 2005 (originally planned for 2002). It is fully financed by Eumetsat and procured for Eumetsat by ESA. It was built by Alcatel Alenia Space/Cannes.

MSG is below the Sylda 5E and on a 1666V5 adapter with a PSAD anti-shock system and an MFD-C ballast segment. The Sylda 5E is a Sylda 5 extended by 300 mm, for a height of 5.2m.

Launch mass 2034 kg. Size 3.2 dia x 2.3m high.

MSG 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Dec 21	2233:00?	Launch by Ariane 5GS
		T+2:20 EAP sep
		T+3:22 Fairing sep
		T+9:41 EPC MECO
	2242:47	T+9:47 EPC sep	43.5 x 1701.8 x 6.5
	2242:54	T+9:54 EPS burn
	2259:48	T+26:48 EPS MECO
	2302:05	T+29:05 Insat 4A sep
	2305:09	T+32:09 Sylda 5 sep
	2309:32	T+36:32 MSG-2 sep
2005 Dec 21			671 x 36015 x 3.9
2005 Dec 25			622 x 35847 x 3.9
2005 Dec 28			1434.89 35494 x 36031 x 1.8
2005 Dec 29	0445	Baffle Cover ejected
	0500	Cooler cover ejected
2006 Feb 15			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 1.8 GEO 6.6W
2007 Feb 6		EW burn
2007 Apr		Operational
2015 Nov		Op at 9.5e for Rapid Scan service

GRACE-FO

 2018-047A

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JPL/GFZ Grace Follow-On spacecraft pair. Size 1.94m wide x 3.12m long x 0.72m hgh, mass 600 kg.

GRACEFO
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 May 22	1947:48	Launch by Falcon 9	V SLC4E
		T+2:46 MECO
		T+2:49 St 1 sep
		T+2:57 SEIG-2
		T+3:12 Fairing
	1958:01	T+10:13 SECO-1
	1959:21	T+11:33 GRACE-FO sep	483 x 504 x 89.0
	2044:43	T+56:55 SEIG-2
	2044:51	T+57:03 SECO-2
	2053:36	T+1:05:48 Irid deploys begin
	2100:16	T+1:12:28 Irid deploys end	486 x 720 x 86.7
	2145	Stage 2 deorbit

Ekspress 5

 2002-029A

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No. 4 (spacecraft 766 No. Kh001) will replace the Ekspress lost in a Proton failure in 1999. Goes to 14W. Referred to as Ekpress-A1R. mass 2600 kg. The 11S861-01 was used to correct unusually large Proton injection errors.

Ekspress-A1R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Jun 10	0114:00	Launch by Proton-K/DM-2M	LC200/39
		Stage 2 sep
	0124	Stage 3 sep
	0125?	Adapter sep	178 x 185 x 51.6
	0230?	DM-2M 11L burn 1
		DM-2M MECO-1	185? x 36130? x 47.39
	0730?	DM burn 2
		SOZ sep
	0758	DM sep	1454.02 36102 x 36171 x 0.2 GEO 83.1E +4.4W/d
2002 Jun 13			1454.04 36102 x 36171 x 0.2 GEO 74E-4W/d
2002 Jun 29		mv in	1435.96 35735 x 35832 x 0.2 GEO 39.2E+0.02E
2002 Jul 27			1436.03 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 39.9E
2005 Sep 2			1436.16 35762 x 35813 x 0.0 GEO 39.8E
2005 Sep 7		Move out from 40E
2005 Oct 30		Move in at 14W
2006 Aug 8			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 14.0W
2015 Dec 24			1436.13 35763 x 35811 x 5.1 GEO 14.1W
2015 Dec 25		Move out	1433.24 35707 x 35754 x 5.1
2016 Mar 10			1430.06 35655 x 35681 x 5.3 GEO 101.4E+1.5E/d